Klay Thompson thought he was snubbed not making the NBA 75th Anniversary team (which ended up with 76ers players on it).
Stephen Curry and Draymond Green decided to have some fun with that and got Thompson a No. 77 Warriors jersey, for him being the 77th best player of all time.
Draymond and Steph had a little fun with Klay over not being named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary team 🤣🤣🤣
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) October 23, 2021
[via @Money23Green / IG] pic.twitter.com/D9OMpA1181
To his credit, Thompson leaned into it.
"77th best player of all time, baby!"
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) October 23, 2021
Klay rocked the No. 77 jersey Draymond and Steph had made to troll him 🤣
[via @Money23Green / IG] pic.twitter.com/dkUBkZXdgV
One of the arguments against Thompson not making the list — outside of just not enough on his resume yet — is he is not the No. 1 player on his team. Of course, Thompson was having none of that.
Klay isn't having it with the "You were never the No. 1 option" reason he didn't make the NBA's 75th Anniversary team
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) October 23, 2021
[via @KlayThompson / IG] pic.twitter.com/f7eruCaOc1
Green also didn’t make the cut but could have a case with three rings, a couple of All-Star games and having won Defensive Player of the Year.
However, after talking about it on the PBT Podcast, it’s clear to me Dwight Howard was the biggest snub on the list.